Allison started the call by reminding us all of what Martin Sheen said at the Emmy's: Decisions are made by the people who show up.
RESULTS volunteers, we are the people who show up with letter after letter, call after call, month in and month out. And we influence the decisions made on Capitol Hill.
The Domestic TB Bill is being blocked by one Senator. RESULTS people in Texas and South Carolina have put on the pressure and now the bill will proceed in the Senate. It has passed out of the House Committee and is ready for debate in the House.
There are three items I'm going to talk to Loebsack's office about tomorrow:
1) The Holt-Carter letter to the World Bank asking that more microcredit money be made available to the very poor;
2) The Yunus Congressional Gold Medal Bill -- the Senate has the required two-thirds votes; the House does not have the votes yet;
3) House Resolution 1268 to Reform the way Foreign Aid is Delivered. The goal is to have 100 cosponsors. There are 40 to date.
If you want to call Loebsack's office, too, ask to talk to Meagan Linn or the Legislative Director, Kara Marchione. The Congressman's Washington number is 202-225-6576. If you call, please drop me an email to let me know you called, what you talked about, and what the response was. (So I can report it to Allison next week.)
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